The Theatre: Comedy

THE GUARDSMAN—Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne try to solve the riddle of whether or not an actor is good enough to deceive his own wife into thinking she is in love with someone else, the same being himself in whiskers.

THE FALL GUY—Wherein the poor and downtrodden tries to get rich abruptly and ends up as a real hard-boiled detective.

THE FIREBRAND—A somewhat bawdy incident of the Middle Ages when Cellini worked in gold filigree and women's hearts with equal artistry.

LOVE FOR LOVE—Congreve and the Restoration pulled out of literary hiding and embodied...

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